Word: mavens
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Dates: during 1974-1974
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...favorite male chauvinist taunt is that men make not only the best chefs (Carêeme, Escoffier) but the most demanding gourmets too. To kill the latter canard, New York magazine's food maven Gael Greene helped organize a ladies' feast at Manhattan's posh Four Seasons restaurant. One of France's premier chefs (helas, un homme), Paul Bocuse, whose Lyons restaurant bears his name as well as the Guide Michelin's esteemed three stars, flew over the day before the banquet burdened with such Gallic specialties as pate de foie gras, truffles, Mediterranean bass...